DC Adopts Nation’s Strongest Climate Law
DC’s clean energy law is the first to meaningfully address existing building performance.
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Energy Efficiency: The Swiss Army Knife of Clean Energy
Meeting global climate challenges will require every tool we have. Energy efficiency is many packed into one. Image: Unsplash.com From more frequent and intense natural disasters to growing electricity demand and costs, climate-related challenges are on the rise for everyone. Meeting these extraordinary challenges head-on requires an all-hands-on-deck effort to transform our energy future and … Continued
Green Lease Leaders: Using the Lease to Drive Innovation and Clean Energy
As part one of a new three-part case study series, IMT and DOE’s Better Buildings Alliance are shining a spotlight on 2018’s Green Lease Leaders that are using innovative strategies in their green leases and overall operations.
Green Leasing Info Sheet
This helpful infosheet from IMT provides a top-line introduction to green or high-performance leasing, as well as IMT’s Green Lease Leaders recognition program.
IMT Earns 2018 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award
CONTACT: Katie Weeks, Communications Director Katie.Weeks@imt.org; 202-525-2883, x306 Washington, DC – April 2, 2018 – The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) is proud to announce that it is a 2018 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year for its outstanding efforts in energy efficiency program delivery. IMT’s accomplishments will be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection … Continued
Bolstering Demand for Energy-Efficient Buildings through Partnership
IMT Executive Director Cliff Majersik on the new IMT-Sparkfund partnership
Sparkfund to Donate Portion of Value from “We Are Still In” Projects to IMT
Contact: Angela Ferrante, Chief Marketing Officer, Sparkfund angela@sparkfund.com, (844) 867-7275 Eugene Hunt, Trevi Communications for Sparkfund gene@trevicomm.com, (978) 750-0333 Katie Weeks, Communication Director, IMT Katie.weeks@imt.org, (202) 525-2883, x306 Company will donate one percent of “We Are Still In” technology subscription projects to fund climate action. Washington, DC – March 22, 2018 – Sparkfund announced today … Continued
Putting Data to Work: Increasing Customer Engagement with Data
District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility Under its 2012 Sustainable DC plan, the District of Columbia established targets that include reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50 percent by 2032 and by at least 80 percent by 2050, including a citywide energy-use reduction target of 50 percent by 2032. In December of 2017, Mayor Muriel … Continued
Putting Data to Work: Guidance for Energy Efficiency Program Administrators to Aid Building Owners
Efficiency and Beyond: Guidance for Energy Efficiency Program Administrators to Aid Building Owners Each year, U.S. buildings use more energy than most countries, and Americans spend more than $400 billion to heat, cool, and power the places where they live and work. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings not only helps owners, occupants, cities, and … Continued
Putting Data to Work: Successful Partnerships to Accelerate Efficiency
NYC Retrofit Accelerator Cities adopting and implementing building performance benchmarking policies that require building owners to track and report their buildings’ energy and/or water use on a regular basis are collecting a trove of data that can be used to accelerate investments in energy upgrades in buildings. For energy efficiency program implementers, this data can … Continued